the gangway to the ship from the shore were to be seen pickets" in uniform, taki action they: pleased with baggage. I saw one man open a basket and annex a Luge cabbage, without any apology to the own th ho dared not say anything.
Coolies tempts. If the foreign Powers fai to maintain their position until it fs legally changed, and are bullied out of the situation which China herself has hitherto regarded as wise and mutually advantageous, then disaster threatens both China and the nationals of the Powers concerned.
The situation at Hankow appear ed to us to be approaching what} has heard of about Russia.
Waatever name may be given to it, we have here a state of lawlessness and tyranny entirely incompatible with the spirit of reform and progress associated with tis age. If Eh a tolerates such oppression of her own citizens, and of guests in her borders, we fo how she can j seat in the be treated as an equal by nations acknowledging Interriafonal Law. Workmen and servants are com. pelled to join Unions, or are severely' dealt with if, they donot, No freedom of the individual is recognized, Unreasonable demands are made from employers, some of which it is impossible to meet without rain. Threats are made to r0- fuse to allow any servants to work, boycott completely as regards! food and necessaries; to cut off the hat form or in plain s, were deving enough to a yest and beat servants employed Horeigners, ant march them ign miniously through the British Concession. in defiance of the police.
[We hard of compradores being ind Tigst, and to make life ible for foreigners. Thousands of steady working" Chinese are @enied a livelihood and many starvation, in the hope the Unions will' gain_ power, at the same time gratify their spite against foreigners. Apparent-the} captured and made to pay ransom, ly cer agitators would rather and others being afraid to go out, [because of threatened violence. To be takin to the Chi treatment by the 1o1 [fenders (1) of freedom ity, did not seem Chinese who coul much Chinese in the pi trial and just treatment which Hforeigners are asked would flourish every' extraterritoriality wore abolished. all yo down in xed ruin together, than deny themselves this. selfish ratification. Such a spirit is bound to react harmfully on the country, many Chinese are mac' alarm: Jed and want these evil forees curbed, But agitators and pickets rely upon the military as their Port, and when the present officials are appealed to, they usually defend the actions' of the disturbers og being "patriotic
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